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Lord Of The Flies

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a very important theme continued throughout the novel. This theme states that man's basic nature is evil. In the novel, we are shown the perfect example of the evilness in man by the "hunters." This group is led by Jack. Jack and the hunters portray three basic qualities that show the reader a man's evil nature. These three traits are greed, rebellion, and hate.

Jack is an apparent example of greed. He becomes upset when Ralph is elected to the position as chief. Eventually Jack wants to be chief so bad that he makes his own group and turns into a dictator over his followers. The power can change someone to turn evil. Everyone has heard in cartoons about a certain object that cannot fall into the wrong hands or the world will end, well it is actually a fundamental truth. If power falls into the wrong hands then not only will the man turn wicked, but the government will also become corrupt. Greed is a sign of the evil nature on man.

In the novel, there are several examples of rebellion. The kids go farther and farther away from their parents teachings. They eventually turn away from the "conch", their symbol of order. When the naval officer comes to rescue the children, a littlun cannot even say his own name because they had all strayed so far from society's views. When man begins to rebel, we are certain to find an evil nature in his heart. The fifth commandment says, "Thou shalt honor thy father and mother." When man rebels, he not only breaks society's laws, but he also breaks God's laws.

The last evidence of evil nature is hate. This is the most severe form of wickedness. Hate can lead many impure thoughts to actions. The best example of hate in Lord of the Flies is the contempt towards Piggy, especially by Roger. Roger's hate grows until he eventually kills Piggy. Roger's sadistic character not only shows hatred, but qualifies as the best portrayal of evil nature in man. The sixth commandment says, "Thou...

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...Lord of the Flies
1. A. What stage of Kohlberg’s Moral Reasoning do Ralph and Jack seem to be at?
How about the young boys?
The stage of Kohlberg’s Moral Reasoning that I believe that Ralph seem to be at would be the post conventional level, which would be stage 5 and a little bit of 6. Ralph was concern about the whole group and wanted them to stick together and wait until they got rescue. The level that I believe that Jack is in is the pre-convention level. Jack increasingly gets cruel and wild toward the end. Making him be in stage 1 because he wants total power and control. He punishes children and tortures the twins until they give in to his power. The level that I believe the young boys are in is the pre-conventional and conventional level, level 1-3, because they boys are trying to survive and by doing that they need to obey the rules in order to avoid punishment. They are all associate there so they have to listen to each other and they elected a leader, so they are helping them and also being helped.
B. Based on the stage that Kohlberg felt that most people reach, and based on the various circumstances that cause people to progress to certain levels, do you feel that the boys were above or below the level that most people reach?
Kohlberg believed that most individuals would only reach the conventional level. Most of the boys are below the level that most people reach. But then again these boys...